There is an old Chinese saying that certainly applies today: “Better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos” or its modernized version: “May you live in interesting times.” Perhaps nothing represents these bizarre times more than the new anthem recently rolled out by the U.S. Space Force, a creation of Donald Trump that continues to haunt us. The anthem was written by Jamie Teachenor, a Nashville singer and song writer. Its lyrics include a mix of Pentagon jargon like “warfighters” and the Marvel Universe reference of “guardians,” as in “Guardians of the Galaxy.” The anthem was the brainchild of the Chief of Space Operations, General James Raymond. The song and its lyrics sound like the intro for a 1960s Saturday morning cartoon.
The Lincoln Project has released a campaign ad featuring the voice of famed narrator Peter Coyote that exposes Pennsylvania’s Trump-supported Republican Senate candidate Doug Mastriano as a pro-Nazi anti-Semite in a state that was founded by Quakers as a haven for religious liberty. The ad is dark and reflects the current position of the Republican Party as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party.
In a nation that protects freedom of speech and the press in a Bill of Rights, there should be no books banned by government at any level. But we are now concluding “Banned Books Week.” The religious right has targeted several books and authors for banning from shelves in schools and libraries. Christian nationalist preachers, enjoying a tax-free status to promulgate their hate, have sponsored book bonfires in an homage to the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s.
Wayne Madsen is a Washington, DC-based investigative journalist, author and nationally-distributed columnist. A member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and the National Press Club. He is the editor and publisher of the Wayne Madsen Report (subscription required).
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Signs of our times: Space Force anthem and campaign ad countering Nazism in Pennsylvania
Posted on October 17, 2022 by Wayne Madsen
There is an old Chinese saying that certainly applies today: “Better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos” or its modernized version: “May you live in interesting times.” Perhaps nothing represents these bizarre times more than the new anthem recently rolled out by the U.S. Space Force, a creation of Donald Trump that continues to haunt us. The anthem was written by Jamie Teachenor, a Nashville singer and song writer. Its lyrics include a mix of Pentagon jargon like “warfighters” and the Marvel Universe reference of “guardians,” as in “Guardians of the Galaxy.” The anthem was the brainchild of the Chief of Space Operations, General James Raymond. The song and its lyrics sound like the intro for a 1960s Saturday morning cartoon.
The Lincoln Project has released a campaign ad featuring the voice of famed narrator Peter Coyote that exposes Pennsylvania’s Trump-supported Republican Senate candidate Doug Mastriano as a pro-Nazi anti-Semite in a state that was founded by Quakers as a haven for religious liberty. The ad is dark and reflects the current position of the Republican Party as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party.
In a nation that protects freedom of speech and the press in a Bill of Rights, there should be no books banned by government at any level. But we are now concluding “Banned Books Week.” The religious right has targeted several books and authors for banning from shelves in schools and libraries. Christian nationalist preachers, enjoying a tax-free status to promulgate their hate, have sponsored book bonfires in an homage to the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s.
Previously published in the Wayne Madsen Report.
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Wayne Madsen is a Washington, DC-based investigative journalist, author and nationally-distributed columnist. A member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and the National Press Club. He is the editor and publisher of the Wayne Madsen Report (subscription required).